"When you realize that every stressful moment you experience is a gift that points you to your own freedom, life becomes very kind."

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Source : Byron Katie (2010). “Who Would You Be Without Your Story? (Large Print 16pt)”, p.330, ReadHowYouWant.com

Byron Katie

#Stress Quotes #Kind Quotes #Realizing Quotes

“Wars become history all too soon and are forgotten all too soon as well, before the lessons can be learned.”
“Not even the vicissitudes of fortune are contrary to nature or to the providential ordering of the universe. It all flows from the gods, who determine what is needed for the welfare of the whole universe, of which you are a part.”
“I earned the name from the Greek god Zelos who is the god of rivalry.”
“President Obama was asked not long ago to reflect on any mistakes he might have made. He said, well, 'I haven't communicated enough.' He said his job is to 'tell a story to the American people' - as if that's the whole problem here? He needs to talk more, and we need to be better listeners?”
“Whatever fighting words you hear from the bargaining table, the reality is that with the new TV contract about to take effect and the incredibly lucrative ancillary revenue streams, both sides know we are on the verge of ushering in the most lucrative payday in the history of professional sports. The history of professional football is that nothing happens until the very last moment.”
“I take my wife everywhere, but she keeps finding her way back.”

Source : "The Haunted Smile: The Story of Jewish Comedians in America". Book by Lawrence J. Epstein, 2001.
“It's best to start the discipline of generosity when the amounts are small. It's easy to give ten cents out of a dollar; it's a little harder to give a hundred thousand out of a million.”
“Having gone through the [Marvel] writer program, I knew Black Panther was in the pipeline and I knew they were big fans of my writing. But I had to compete with the other writers who were put up for it - no one hands out jobs.”

Source : "Oscars So White? Black Panther to the Rescue". Interview with Brandon E. Patterson, www.motherjones.com. February 6, 2016.

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